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Chile aims to become major crude oil hubPunta Arenas, Chile (UPI) Apr 21, 2011 Chile has set sights on developing its extreme south as a major hub for hydrocarbon development and export, a plan that will see more than $400 million in state and international investments pouring into the area. Punta Arenas in the Magallanes region is swelling with immigrant labor, oil prospectors and high-flying investors eager to cash in on what is generally seen as the coming oil bonanza. Local estimates said the city's population now well exceeds the 120,000 recorded in a 2002 cen ... read more |
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  Eurozone may see more bailouts Debt-ridden European nations such as Greece will likely need further access to bailout funds as European officials maintain that default is a non-starter. ... more | .. |
 BP sues Gulf rig firm, shifting blame for oil spill BP is taking legal action to shift the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster which devastated the environment and the group's image a year ago, suing rig operator Transocean for damages of $40 billion (27 billion euros). ... more | .. |
Australia-US gas project signs China's Sinopec Canberra Thursday welcomed a huge deal that will see an Australian-US joint venture supply clean-burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China's Sinopec in one of Australia's biggest ever LNG deals. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Ontario pension fund backs out of AECL buy An Ontario pension fund walked away from the purchase of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) as Japan's woes dimmed the market prospects for new nuclear plants, a Canadian newspaper said Thursday. ... more | .. |
BP pledges $1 billion to restore oil-stained Gulf BP has pledged $1 billion to jump-start projects aimed at restoring the US Gulf Coast after last year's massive oil spill, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Vietnam, China vow to work on disputed sea pact Vietnam and China have agreed to take the first steps towards settling territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a government official in Hanoi said on Thursday, after years of deadlock. ... more | .. |
  Truck drivers go on strike at Shanghai ports A strike by truck drivers at Shanghai container ports continued for a second day Thursday, as they called for higher freight rates to offset rising fuel costs, firms and Chinese media said. ... more |
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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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Macau to give residents cash to battle inflation Macau will give all permanent residents a handout worth about $375 to address concerns that the city's poor are not benefiting from its booming gambling scene, the government said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Alstom reveals coal-power deal with Shanghai Electric French engineering group Alstom announced a big strategic development on a global scale with Chinese partner SEC, in the field of coal-fired power generation, on Thursday. ... more | .. |
First offshore yuan IPO draws tepid response The world's first yuan-denominated IPO outside mainland China has drawn a tepid response from Hong Kong investors, a source told AFP on Thursday, raising concerns about the keenly watched market. ... more | .. |
Shale oil seen as 'green' energy source Billions of barrels of oil from shale, now off limits because of carbon dioxide freed during extraction, could become an energy source, U.S. researchers say. ... more |
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  Carmakers look to an electric future in China Major carmakers' high hopes for electric vehicles are on clear display at the Shanghai auto show, but industry leaders say it could be a decade before such eco-friendly cars go mainstream. ... more | .. |
Fear mixed with hope a year after BP spill One by one, the fishermen walked up to a microphone set up in Louisiana's coastal wetlands to vent their frustration and fears a year after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster unleashed the biggest maritime oil spill in history. ... more | .. |
  Solar That Floats SPG Solar has announced the availability of it's next generation in floating solar technology. Redesigned and engineered to be cost competitive, SPG Solar Floatovoltaics makes it possible for commer ... more | .. |
 Residential Solar PV Systems Boost Sales Price Of California Homes New research by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds strong evidence that homes with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems sell for a premium over homes withou ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
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 Vanguard ID Systems Installs Solar Power Array Vanguard ID is installing a solar power roof array with panels from Sharp. The solar array, designed and built by Progressive Power Group of California, is expected to provide eighty-two percent of ... more | .. |
 Westinghouse Solar Announces Innovative Flat Roof Solar Power System Westinghouse Solar has announced the release of a new lightweight, non-penetrating flat roof solar power system designed especially for commercial rooftop projects. Continuing on its path of i ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Modules Receive UL Certification Solar Frontier has announced that it has received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for its solar modules sold in the Americas. Products certified include Solar Frontier's new SF130 ~ 150 ... more | .. |
Japan quake causes worry at Shanghai auto show Japan's earthquake and tsunami disasters have cast a pall over the Shanghai auto show, where industry heavyweights are fretting over just how long the resulting supply disruptions will last. ... more |
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  New Kid On The Plasmonic Block With its promise of superfast computers and ultrapowerful optical microscopes among the many possibilities, plasmonics has become one of the hottest fields in high-technology. However, to date plasm ... more | .. |
  NASA Releases Scorecard On Energy And Sustainability Goals In October 2009, President Obama directed federal agencies to lead by example in energy efficiency and use of renewable energy; and to meet a range of goals and targets for greenhouse gas emission, ... more | .. |
 More Evidence Suggests Electric Cars Need Night Time Charging Researchers in America have shown that ozone-a known pollutant at low levels in the earth's atmosphere, causing harmful effects on the respiratory system and sensitive plants-can be reduced, on aver ... more | .. |
 Ferromagnetism Plus Superconductivity Just in time for the 100th anniversary to commemorate the discovery of superconductivity by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911, scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 Less Is More: Researchers Pinpoint Graphene's Varying Conductivity Levels Did you know that pencil lead may just end up changing the world? Graphene is the material from which graphite, the core of your No. 2 pencil, is made. It is also the latest "wonder material," and m ... more | .. |
  Super-Small Transistor Created, Artificial Atom Powered By Single Electrons A University of Pittsburgh-led team has created a single-electron transistor that provides a building block for new, more powerful computer memories, advanced electronic materials, and the basic com ... more | .. |
  Learn To Run A Biorefinery In A Virtual Control Room David Grewell flipped on the augers that carry corn from a truck to a biorefinery. Then, with a few more clicks of his computer mouse, he turned on the pumps that send grain all the way through an e ... more | .. |
 Lasers could replace spark plugs in cars After 150 years of sparking ignition in internal combustion engines, spark plugs may someday be replaced by laser igniters, Japanese researchers say. ... more |
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 Brazil wants the Fed to fix the dollar Brazil is piling public pressure on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to fix the U.S. dollar which Brasilia says is undervalued and pushing the Brazilian real upward, creating problems for the economy. ... more | .. |
 In France, opposition to nuclear growing Opposition to nuclear power is growing in France, the world's second-largest nuclear energy market behind the United States. ... more | .. |
A year after BP spill, Obama vows to restore Gulf Mourners bowed their heads at vigils Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the massive blowout on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, which unleashed the biggest maritime oil spill in history and blackened beaches from Texas to Florida. ... more | .. |
Gold tops $1,500 for first time The price of gold topped $1,500 an ounce for the first time on Wednesday as a weakened dollar plus fears over high inflation and countries' debt attracted investors to the safehaven precious metal. ... more |
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